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PvP Gear, Autogear Tuning, and Stat Weight Corrections (#2322)
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Hello playerbots community! I have been working diligently whilst on
vacation to help get pvp gear up and running for pvp specs. Throughout
this process, I have looked at our current autogear system, tested it
through and through, and made some changes to make gearing more
appropriate per spec. _I am going to have my description of the changes
in italics_, **and the AI description overview will be bolded.** Let's
begin!

**This PR makes some improvements to the bot autogear system across item
scoring, spec tracking(pvp specs and gear), and stat weights. Changes
are split between those that are always active and those controlled by
new config options.**

**Mandatory Changes:**

**PvP Spec Detection (IsSpecPvp)
A new method RandomPlayerbotMgr::IsSpecPvp(botGuid, cls) checks the
bot's stored specNo against the spec name string defined in config. If
the name contains "pvp", the bot is treated as a PvP spec throughout the
entire gear pipeline. This is the single source of truth used by both
InitEquipment() and ItemUsageValue. In the future this detection can be
expanded to drive bot behavior decisions — such as prioritizing dueling
players in the world, joining Wintergrasp, or preferring BG and Arena
queues over PvE content.**

_This is scalable, so if someone were to create their own pvp spec in
the config, it would still be tracked if the name contains "pvp". I like
the idea of pvp specced random bots having an identifier for pvp
events._

**PvP Weights Applied During Loot Evaluation
ItemUsageValue::QueryItemUsageForEquip() now calls IsSpecPvp() before
scoring a looted item. If the bot is on a PvP spec, it passes
SetPvpSpec(true) to the StatsWeightCalculator, ensuring looted items are
evaluated with PvP stat priorities (including resilience weighting)
rather than PvE weights. Previously, a PvP-specced bot would score loot
identically to a PvE bot.**

_So, during autogear and upgrade equips, pvp specced bots will now
heavily prioritize resilience. On the flip side, pve bots really don't
want resilience gear, so a negative weight modifier (penalty for
resilience items) has been applied to pve autogearing and upgrade
equips. This is important, because you can switch a bot from a pve spec
to a pvp spec, and it will automatically consider resilience items in
it's inventory as upgrades, and equip them. Same for when you switch a
bot from a pvp spec back to a pve spec - the resilience penalty will
encourage the bot to switch back to the best available pve gear._

**Resilience Weighting
After all per-spec weights are generated in GenerateBasicWeights(), a
global resilience modifier is applied unconditionally:**

**PvP specs: +7.0 resilience weight — strongly prioritizes resilience
gear
Non-PvP specs: −3.0 resilience weight — actively discourages resilience
gear
Resilience is additionally excluded entirely from trinket slot scoring
via SetExcludeResilience(true), preventing the PvP resilience bonus from
inflating the scores of non-CC trinkets.**

_I tried several different numbers here - as high as 10 and as low as 3
for resilience. I ended up with 7 so nearly all specs will slot
resilience in every slot EXCEPT for trinkets. I stopped weighing
resilience on trinkets because they ended up being garbage trinkets for
the most part - other endgame pve trinkets were way more impactful. In
my testing, the only class/specs that wont use 100% resilience gears are
the tanks, since defense rating/parry/block/dodge weights are so high._

**CC-Break Trinket Cache
At server startup, PlayerbotFactory::BuildCcBreakTrinketCache() queries
the world database for all trinkets (InventoryType=12, Quality≥2) whose
spell IDs include spell 42292 — the CC-break / PvP trinket effect shared
by items like Medallion of the Alliance/Horde. Results are sorted by
item level descending and cached in a static vector, ready for fast
lookup during gearing.**

_This creates a cache of cc trinkets on startup, for this:_

**CC-Break Trinket Force-Equip
During InitEquipment(), PvP-specced bots at level 50 or higher (level
minimum for autogear to apply trinkets) run a pre-selection pass over
ccBreakTrinketCache to find the best CC-break trinket they meet the
level requirement and quality limit for. Human and Undead bots are
excluded from this — they have racial abilities (Every Man for Himself,
Will of the Forsaken) that share the PvP trinket cooldown, making a
dedicated trinket redundant.**

**If a suitable trinket is found, it is stored as pvpTrinket1 and
force-equipped into TRINKET1 before the main gear loop runs. If an item
already occupies the slot, it is moved to bags first. The second-chance
pass also skips TRINKET1 when pvpTrinket1 is set, so the CC trinket is
never overwritten.**

_This is the catch-all forced pvp trinket for trinket slot 1. In my
testing, I really found out how few cc trinkets there are - most of them
are epic, and blue ones start showing up super late in the game. An
heirloom patch would really help the lower levels, being able to equip a
pvp trinket at level 10 or something. Keep in mind, that if your bot
isn't getting a pvp trinket with autogear, make sure they aren't human
or undead, and check your config for what quality items are allowed with
autogear. NOTE - PVP TRINKET STRATEGIES ARE NOT CURRENTLY CODED, SAME
WITH CC RACIALS. They will not break out of stun/cc currently. This is
for future updates if/when I make a trinketstrategy._

**Enhancement Shaman Dual Wield Fix
Classes like Rogues, Frost DKs, and Fury Warriors have their dual wield
capability established through class initialization code in the core.
Enhancement Shamans acquire Dual Wield only through a specific talent
(spell 30798, learned around level 40), and the bot factory had no code
to detect and apply this. The result was that Enhancement Shaman bots
would sometimes have their offhand weapon unequipped — despite having
the talent. After talents are applied in both InitTalentsTree() and
InitTalentsBySpecNo(), the code now checks for spell 30798 and
explicitly grants SKILL_DUAL_WIELD and SetCanDualWield(true) when
present.**

_When testing the weapon speed preferences, I noticed that randombot
enhancement shamans were unequipping their offhand randomly. They would
just walk around with a single 1-hand weapon. This is because they were
not considered in the system as dual wielding, so when initequipment or
autoequipupgrades was ran, it would unequip the offhand through a
function, despite having the dual wield talent. Looking at the code, the
other classes already have this flag (warriors, rogues, dks, hunters)
because they didn't acquire it through talents._

**CalculateItem() Slot Awareness
StatsWeightCalculator::CalculateItem() now accepts an optional slot
parameter (default -1). When provided and the item is a weapon,
ApplyWeaponSpeedGovernance() can be called. Both item scoring calls
inside InitEquipment() — the candidate scoring loop and the incremental
old-item comparison — now pass the current equipment slot.**

_This change allows the calculate item function to know what slot it's
working with, and that's how it modifies it's decision making for some
of the optional features below._

**Holy Paladin Weapon Scoring Fix
Prior to this change, Holy Paladin could end up equipping 2H weapons
because haste and crit sticks (2H weapons) were outscoring appropriate
1H caster weapons — the item type penalty was not catching them
correctly. Holy Paladin is now explicitly added to the dual-wield
penalty group (preventing 2H weapons from being viable), excluded from
the generic caster 1H penalty (since they use 1H + shield rather than a
staff), and given a 0.8x soft preference for 1H weapons.**

_In autogear testing, sometimes 2h weps with high crit/haste would win
over caster gear - this is especially noticeable at lower levels, with
shallower item pools (greens only). You'd hit autogear and the holy
paladin would equip a 2h axe with crit :( So this makes it so holy
paladins only use 1h weapons. They can use either a shield or an
offhand, depending on stat weights._

**PvP Spec Slots Added for All Classes
The existing RandomClassSpecProb / RandomClassSpecIndex config entries
control what percentage of random bots in the world are assigned each
spec. Previously only PvE specs (indices 0–2, or 0–3 for Druids) were
defined, giving server operators no way to introduce PvP-specced random
bots into the world population. This PR adds PvP spec slots for every
class (indices 3–6 depending on class), all defaulting to 0 probability.
Server operators can raise these values to spawn PvP-specced random bots
— e.g., setting RandomClassSpecProb.1.3 = 20 would make 20% of Warrior
bots run Arms PvP.
Two additional PvE specs have also been added:
Death Knight index 3: Double-aura Blood (a hybrid Blood/Frost PvE tank
variant)
Mage index 3: Frostfire (a PvE hybrid spec)
All existing spec entries have been annotated with comments identifying
each one (e.g., # arms pve, # holy pve) for readability.**

_This change was actually added at the start - I realized that there was
no way for pvp-specced randombots to spawn naturally, so I added
optional probabilities to the config. They are currently set at 0% by
default, but giving the user the option I feel is necessary. Also, it
would have been impossible for me to test the init on randombots with
pvp gear otherwise. Also, I noticed that the frostfire mage and the
dual-aura dk didn't have an option, so I added them in as well, as well
as names above each option for quality of life._

**Stat Weight Corrections
The following per-spec stat weights were adjusted to better reflect
actual WotLK priorities. Entries marked NEW did not previously exist;
unmarked rows show old → new values.**

<img width="795" height="268" alt="arms warrior"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cb0deb00-a985-432d-81a1-133fc953088b"
/>

_Arms warriors would prefer leather/ap gear about half of the time - the
combined weights of both would often beat strength gear, especially at
lower levels, or where the item pool was shallow. Also, they continued
to spawn with spell power gear and defense gear occasionally, especially
on gear with resilience (resilience, spell power, crit, haste, stam
items)._

<img width="796" height="301" alt="fury warrior"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/715ff3a3-3d20-4e0e-a953-7ed6fd9386db"
/>

_Fury warriors had the same issues as arms warrior, but really can't
afford to lose a strength item - beserker stance increases strength by
20%. Also had to reduce haste here because haste really isn't nearly as
important as strength, crit, arp. Haste items would win often over
strength/crit/arp gear._

<img width="796" height="300" alt="prot tanks"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/624de09a-2506-4aee-95aa-c49cbc5b85d3"
/>

_So, prot paladins and prot warriors currently are weighed identically
fyi. Look at that whopping 2.0 agility - twice as important as strength?
I noticed that my prot paladins/warriors were equipping
agility/haste/crit items instead of defense gear on their neck, rings,
trinkets, and back. This adjustment pretty much ensures that defense
gear takes those slots if it's available. Removed the crit/haste
weightings, because realistically if a tank wants more damage, it will
just get strength. Lastly added the spell power penalty because prot
paladins would spawn in fully holy gear if they were pvp specced
(resilience is weighted so high, resilience/spellpower/stam/haste gear
would often win). This aims to prevent that._

<img width="802" height="421" alt="dps dks"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/371d1344-2382-4460-b3a7-f38b33025b73"
/>

_Same issue with plate dps as the warriors had. Spell power gear would
occasionally spawn on crit/hit items in pve, and a ton of spell power
resilience gear would spawn. There is no scenario where a DK wants spell
power, this isn't patch 3.0.1..._

<img width="796" height="447" alt="blood dk"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c84a2bbf-7daa-4805-acf3-cd3bf815eda4"
/>

_Similar issues to prot paladin/warrior. I was really tired of seeing
block rating/value gear as a result of getting gear with defense/stam.
This results in a lot more defense rating/expertise/hit/dodge/parry
gear, and basically makes shield stats nearly non-existent (unless the
upgrade is good enough, it could still win)_

<img width="794" height="226" alt="ret paladin"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b09f40ed-b25f-4945-940c-2ce92f81c7c4"
/>

_Prior to this PR, the positive spellpower and int weights were enough
for ret paladins to spawn with spellpower/int/haste/crit gear. This is
unlikely now. And agility/ap was reduced to favor more strength gear._

<img width="795" height="306" alt="Enhancement Shaman"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1e5231fd-36ea-4b7e-a546-cf0075d17bd4"
/>

_While spell power is a decent stat on enhancment shamans, it was
appearing on too much gear, especially on items that were
haste/crit/spell power. And for elemental shamans, they were getting
agi/haste/crit gear, so this aims to get rid of those items entirely
without reducing haste/crit._

<img width="800" height="119" alt="shaman pally"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6ea3300a-effd-4a03-8f6f-4ae13c5383a5"
/>

_Holy paladins and resto shamans are scored the same, but this prevents
attack power/haste/crit gear, since haste and crit are weighted high._

<img width="1025" height="385" alt="mage"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/03191dfd-dc09-477d-8424-8fd56f3e0d71"
/>

_Prevents mages from equipping/autogearing items with attack power, some
attack power/crit/haste/hit items were winning with shallow item pools._

<img width="1022" height="502" alt="hunter rogue"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/06fa67c9-7709-4ee8-a0e2-34de18594018"
/>

_Prevents hunters and rogues from getting spell power leather gear with
hit/crit. Crit is very heavy for hunters so this was decently common._

**Optional Changes (Config-Controlled)**

**AiPlayerbot.PreferClassArmorType (default: 0)
Applies a 3x score multiplier to armor matching the bot's
class-appropriate type (plate/mail/leather/cloth). A significantly
better off-type item can still win — this is a soft preference, not a
hard filter.**

_Are you tired of your fury warrior being a leather daddy? Are you tired
of your holy paladin running around in cloth lingerie? This will fix
that. For mail classes (hunters/shamans) and plate classes, this only
kicks in after level 40. But it really helps adhere to the highest armor
class available. This would be the perfect solution to the quarterly
question "Why is my paladin wearing leather?". This definitely should
remain optional, as quite a few BIS lists would disagree with it.
Leather at certain stages is great for hunters/shamans/warriors/dks._

**AiPlayerbot.AutogearAllowsQuestRewards (default: 0)
Builds a cache of equippable armor and weapon quest rewards at startup.
Bots can then equip these items during autogear, using the quest's
minimum level as the effective required level gate.**

_So, I noticed that autogear didn't allow items without a level
requirement (quest rewards), because it didn't know how to handle that
when giving out gear. It would previously just flat out reject all quest
rewards, as they wouldn't be a part of the item pool. This option
enables quest rewards to be considered in the item pool, and the level
correlates to the lowest level you could get the quest. I have tested
this for about 3 hours across all specs and using blue/green gear, it
seems like a really nice bonus. Keep in mind that I do 0 quests on my
way to 80, so players like me could still benefit from those items. I
think this should remain optional._

**AiPlayerbot.EquipAllSlotsAtAnyLevel (default: 0)
Bypasses the low-level slot restrictions in InitEquipment():
Trinkets normally locked until level 50
Head/Neck until level 30
Rings until level 20
All other non-weapon slots until level 5**

_Autogear currently has level floors for slots - they will not ever give
items below the above thresholds. This config option bypasses that. I
have not tested this as much as I should have, so as people test this,
they could let us know of items that should be blacklisted._

**AiPlayerbot.WeaponSpeedGovernance (default: 0)
When enabled, ApplyWeaponSpeedGovernance() applies a 3x score multiplier
to weapons matching the spec's ideal attack speed profile. Applies to
mainhand, offhand, and ranged slots only. Per-spec preferences:
Arms Warrior: Slow 2H (>=3400ms) in mainhand; poleaxes and axes
preferred (Axe Specialization)
Ret Paladin / Blood & Unholy DK:  Slow 2H (>=3400ms) in mainhand
Prot Warrior & Paladin: Slow 1H (>=2600ms) in mainhand
Fury Warrior dual wield:  Slow 1H (>=2600ms) in both hands
Fury Warrior titan's grip: Slow 2H (>=3400ms) in both hands
Frost DK: Slow 1H (>=2600ms) in both hands; 2H excluded
Enhancement Shaman (dual wield): Slow 1H (>=2600ms) in both hands;
synchronized MH/OH speeds for flurry procs
Enhancement Shaman (pre-dual wield): Slow 2H (>=3400ms) in mainhand
Combat Rogue: Slow MH (>=2600ms) + Fast OH (<=1500ms)
Assassination / Subtlety Rogue: Slow dagger MH (>=1700ms) + Fast dagger
OH (<=1500ms)
Hunter: Slow ranged (>=2600ms); melee is a stat stick, speed ignored
Feral Druid: No preference (forms normalize attack speed)**

_Besides pvp gearing for pvp specs, I feel like this is one of the
nicest additions. It was really frustrating to see an enhancement shaman
put windfury on a 1.5 dagger. Without this, weights for melee dps are
calculated on dps alone, not weapon speed. You'll see 2h specs use fast
2h weapons (3.0), rogues use 2 fast weapons or slow weapons, frost dks
occasionally using 2h weapons while having dual wield talents. I tested
this for about 6 hours across all mentioned specs at levels 20, 30, 40,
50, 60, 65, 70, 75, and 80, with 3 quality types (greens, blues,
purples). I would actually consider making this mandatory, simply
because of the impact I saw in the dps charts. Super happy and proud of
this._

<img width="1021" height="470" alt="files changes"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f55d955c-8760-4adf-b4d9-84797da2dc65"
/>


## Feature Evaluation
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_Two caches are built upon startup - the pvp trinket cache and the quest
reward cache. From there, this directly modifies the stat weight
calculations involving initequipement (autogear) and autoequipupgrades,
as both go off of stat weight calculations. I tried to implement these
changes with as little custom functions and coding as possible, and
relied as much as I could on the pre-existing framework._

- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.

_Fortunately most of the gates are boolean so it shouldn't impact
performance much at all. I ran these changes on my local server with
stock 500 bots, noticed no pmon difference from the main branch. Did a
24h stress test on my server yesterday, stats looked consistent with the
stress test I did prior to making any changes on 3-31-26._

_It helps that it uses pre-existing functions such as initequipment and
autoequipupgrades, and it really just modifies them with slightly more
logic. That being said, autogear didn't lag my server at all, nor did
the bots equipping upgrades._

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_So, with the basic stock playerbots config (do not forget to copy the
new config!), the only thing that should change is the pvp gear
appearing on pvp specs, and the classes preferring more appropriate
stats across the board. You can load into the game, level a bot to 20,
autogear, and notice the difference. Same at level 40, 60, 75, or
whatever. You could add in the optional config settings to further
streamline the gear you want. I currently run with all 4 enabled, 2 of
which increase the item pool, and 2 of which help guide them to more
appropriate gear (armor/weps)._

## Impact Assessment
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- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
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    - - [x] No, not at all
    - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
    - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)

_The code is only used on startup (cache generation) and when
autogear/autoequipupgrades is called. Not all the time, and not per
tick. I noticed no performance impact after these changes._

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - - [ ] No
    - - [x] Yes (**explain why**)

_It modifies the decision making as far as equipment goes, but as far as
priority/strategies, this does not affect that._

- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

_Not to my knowledge, but I'll rely on testers and the community to let
me know if it does._

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_AI was used in the research of the initequipment system, stat weights,
and cache building. As far as generating the code, using AI was 2 steps
forward, 1 step back. I used Claude Code with Sonnet 4.6 (high) and had
gemini/copilot review the work. **AI did generate a large portion of the
code being used.** I have personally reviewed every line, and a lot was
removed out of being obsolete/new system that copied an old one/too many
comments. I don't think anything else can be trimmed, though. I also
used AI in the PR description, and made my own comments in italics below
each entry. I hate explaining/writing._

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## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).

## Notes for Reviewers
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_I would like atleast 5-10 people to review this over the next 1-6
months. The big problem I used to have with my PRs was I was acting like
they were a sprint, when it's really a marathon - good changes take
time, and I was too quick to bust out new content. The old PRs I made
introduced just as many new bugs as they did features. I learned my
lesson, and have tested this extensively (code was pretty much complete
on 4-10-26, been testing alone for the last 11 days) and it's ready for
the test realm for others to try out. I think it's going to be a good
step forward when it comes to gear decision making for bots as a whole.
PvPers have come and gone too much from this project due to the lack of
options, and this helps captivate that audience. Please reach out to me
on discord at Zhur#4391, I am happy to hear results/suggestions there as
well as here._

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Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-24 23:22:52 +02:00
Keleborn
eb268c7507
Init guilds on login. (#2325)
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Guild solution to #2148


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Minimal cost on bot login. 

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    - - [x] No
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- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
<!--
If yes, please specify:
- Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code
generation).
- Which parts of the change were influenced or generated, and whether it
was thoroughly reviewed.
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<!--
TRANSLATIONS:
Anything new that the bots say in chat must be in a translatable format.
This is done using GetBotTextOrDefault,
which you can search for in the codebase to find examples. Your code
needs to have English as the default fallback,
while the full translations need to be in an SQL update file. The
languages in the file are the nine language
options supported by AzerothCore: English, Korean, French, German,
Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Spanish Mexico, and
Russian. See
data/sql/playerbots/updates/2025_12_27_ai_playerbot_fishing_text.sql as
an example of a translation SQL
update, whose content are called within the codebase at
src/strategy/actions/FishingAction.cpp
-->

## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Any new bot dialogue lines are translated.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).

## Notes for Reviewers
<!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request.
-->
2026-04-24 23:05:35 +02:00
Keleborn
866a73dfbf
Clean up unused variables (#2268)
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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND
PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.

Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.

Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
-->

## Pull Request Description
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Clean up a bunch of additional unused variable warnings. 


## Feature Evaluation
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it is very obvious it will not have
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- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.



## How to Test the Changes
<!--
- Step-by-step instructions to test the change.
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific
configuration).
- Expected behavior and how to verify it.
-->



## Impact Assessment
<!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon
tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
    - - [x] No, not at all
    - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
    - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)



- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)



- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)



## Messages to Translate
<!--
Bot messages have to be translatable, but you don't need to do the
translations here. You only need to make sure
the message is in a translatable format, and list in the table the
message_key and the default English message.
Search for GetBotTextOrDefault in the codebase for examples.
-->
- Does this change add bot messages to translate?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**list messages in the table**)

| Message key  | Default message |
| --------------- | ------------------ |
|			 |			      |
|			 |			      |

## AI Assistance
<!--
AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully
understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor.
We expect contributors to be honest about what they do and do not
understand.
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- Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
    - - [ ] No
    - - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
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Claude reviewed the warnings log from a build and suggested a series of
changes. I focused just on these warnings for now. Every line was
reviewed. Some sections need to be reviewed by author for intent.



## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).

## Notes for Reviewers
<!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request.
-->
2026-04-24 23:03:36 +02:00
Keleborn
53a607e147
Enable bots to do Outdoor pvp (#2217)
## Pull Request Description
Bots will now engage with outdoor pvp targets when in an area with them.
I carved this out of the guildrpg system Im working on since it should
work just fine as a standalone. Note this requires a core update
https://github.com/azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk/pull/25103

## Feature Evaluation

Its not expensive. the status checks are fairly light and simple. Should
be on par with current rpg system actions

## How to Test the Changes

You can try to use selfbot to enable this while in EPL, or set the
probability of all other rpg actions to 0.


## Impact Assessment
<!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon
tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
    - [ ] No, not at all
    - [x] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
    - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)

There is some impact, but should be minimal overall. 

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - [ ] No
    - [x] Yes (**explain why**)
It will activate automatically based on default config. 


- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
    - [ ] No
    - [x] Yes (**explain below**)

## AI Assistance
Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
- [ ] No
- [x] Yes (**explain below**)
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- Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code
generation).
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was thoroughly reviewed.
-->
Nothing beyond search functionality and autocomplete. 


## Final Checklist

- [x] Stability is not compromised.
- [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).

## Notes for Reviewers
<!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request.
-->

---------

Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
2026-04-10 22:16:58 -07:00
Keleborn
ca54cff6f5
Bug fix. Edge case where bots would get stuck in cities. (#2269)
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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: We prioritize STABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND
PREDICTABILITY over behavioral realism.

Every action and decision executes PER BOT AND PER TRIGGER. Small
increases in logic complexity scale
poorly across thousands of bots and negatively affect all. We prioritize
a stable system over a smarter
one. Bots don't need to behave perfectly; believable behavior is the
goal, not human simulation.
Default behavior must be cheap in processing; expensive behavior must be
opt-in.

Before submitting, make sure your changes aligns with these principles.
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## Pull Request Description
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When I refactored flight destinations, I wanted to make where bots go
more intentional. so I made it dependent on the
allianceHubsPerLevelCache and hodeHubsPerLevelCache. This system relied
on there being an innkeeper in each area that the bots would fly to.
However, not every zone has an innkeeper, and so there was an odd
situation where bots had nowhere to fly to. (Most notably at level 53.)
This solves that by hardcoding the flightmasters in those areas into the
cache.

I also put back in the city teleport probability check which was forcing
every bot to teleport to a city on level up.


## Feature Evaluation
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it is very obvious it will not have
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- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior.
- Describe the **processing cost** when this logic executes across many
bots.



## How to Test the Changes
<!--
- Step-by-step instructions to test the change.
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, number of bots, specific
configuration).
- Expected behavior and how to verify it.
-->



## Impact Assessment
<!-- As a generic test, before and after measure of pmon (playerbot pmon
tick) can help you here. -->
- Does this change increase per-bot/per-tick processing or risk scaling
poorly with thousands of bots?
    - - [x] No, not at all
    - - [ ] Minimal impact (**explain below**)
    - - [ ] Moderate impact (**explain below**)



- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)



- Does this change add new decision branches or increase maintenance
complexity?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)



## Messages to Translate
<!--
Bot messages have to be translatable, but you don't need to do the
translations here. You only need to make sure
the message is in a translatable format, and list in the table the
message_key and the default English message.
Search for GetBotTextOrDefault in the codebase for examples.
-->
- Does this change add bot messages to translate?
    - - [x] No
    - - [ ] Yes (**list messages in the table**)

| Message key  | Default message |
| --------------- | ------------------ |
|			 |			      |
|			 |			      |

## AI Assistance
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AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully
understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor.
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understand.
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- Was AI assistance used while working on this change?
    - - [ ] No
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Debugging and comments.



## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised.
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable.
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained.
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed (Conf comments, WiKi commands).

## Notes for Reviewers
<!-- Anything else that's helpful to review or test your pull request.
-->
2026-04-04 13:00:01 +02:00
Keleborn
957eca0263
Feat. Enable multi node flying, and refactor into travel manager (#2156)
# Pull Request

Feature - Enable multi node flying for bots
- Bots currently only do node to node flying. This PR makes it so they
can connect multiple noted.
-- This is enabled by sending a vector containing the node sequence
instead of a single destination node
-- To minimize the run-time cost of searching for available nodes and
connection, a cache of all possible connections is prepared at start up
using a BFS search algorithm.

Refactor 
- Move all world destination logic (cities, banks, inns) to existing
Travel manager
- Eliminate flightmastercache and integrate to new manager
- replace SQLs calls with in-memory data search by core
- Add in new map that stores creature areas by template. 

Clean up
- Move other rpg files to related folder. 
(Next steps) The selection for where bots fly to should be smarter than
it is. Instead of trying to determine where a bot can go, it should
first decide where it should go, and then identify the correct way to
get there.
---

## Feature Evaluation

Please answer the following:

- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior?
- Describe the **cheapest implementation** that produces an acceptable
result?
- Describe the **runtime cost** when this logic executes across many
bots?

---

## How to Test the Changes

- Step-by-step instructions to test the change
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, bots, specific
configuration)
- Expected behavior and how to verify it

## Complexity & Impact

Does this change add new decision branches?
- - [x[ No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

Could this logic scale poorly under load?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
The call itself is fairly infrequent, and although now there are a
greater number of paths available for the bots, I dont think it would be
significant.

## Defaults & Configuration

Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:
- - [x] Lightweight mode remains the default
- - [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable
---

## AI Assistance

Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working on
this change?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)
Gemini first suggested the use of a BFS algorithm. This was rewritten by
me to actually work as intended. Verification by additional logging not
present in final code.

Claude code converted the SQL filtering to the atrocious if statements
found in PrepareDestinationCache, but after verifying them it works. If
there are better ways to do this Im open to it.

---

## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Anything that significantly improves realism at the cost of stability or
performance should be carefully discussed
before merging.
2026-03-20 20:39:53 +01:00
killerzwelch
660a5c0543
make playerbots compatible with 515aeca (#2181)
# Pull Request

needed changes for
515aeca570

---

## Design Philosophy

We prioritize **stability, performance, and predictability** over
behavioral realism.
Complex player-mimicking logic is intentionally limited due to its
negative impact on scalability, maintainability, and
long-term robustness.

Excessive processing overhead can lead to server hiccups, increased CPU
usage, and degraded performance for all
participants. Because every action and
decision tree is executed **per bot and per trigger**, even small
increases in logic complexity can scale poorly and
negatively affect both players and
world (random) bots. Bots are not expected to behave perfectly, and
perfect simulation of human decision-making is not a
project goal. Increased behavioral
realism often introduces disproportionate cost, reduced predictability,
and significantly higher maintenance overhead.

Every additional branch of logic increases long-term responsibility. All
decision paths must be tested, validated, and
maintained continuously as the system evolves.
If advanced or AI-intensive behavior is introduced, the **default
configuration must remain the lightweight decision
model**. More complex behavior should only be
available as an **explicit opt-in option**, clearly documented as having
a measurable performance cost.

Principles:

- **Stability before intelligence**  
  A stable system is always preferred over a smarter one.

- **Performance is a shared resource**  
  Any increase in bot cost affects all players and all bots.

- **Simple logic scales better than smart logic**  
Predictable behavior under load is more valuable than perfect decisions.

- **Complexity must justify itself**  
  If a feature cannot clearly explain its cost, it should not exist.

- **Defaults must be cheap**  
  Expensive behavior must always be optional and clearly communicated.

- **Bots should look reasonable, not perfect**  
  The goal is believable behavior, not human simulation.

Before submitting, confirm that this change aligns with those
principles.

---

## Feature Evaluation

Please answer the following:

- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior?
- Describe the **cheapest implementation** that produces an acceptable
result?
- Describe the **runtime cost** when this logic executes across many
bots?

---

## How to Test the Changes

- Step-by-step instructions to test the change
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, bots, specific
configuration)
- Expected behavior and how to verify it

## Complexity & Impact

Does this change add new decision branches?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

Could this logic scale poorly under load?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
---

## Defaults & Configuration

Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:
- - [x] Lightweight mode remains the default
- - [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable
---

## AI Assistance

Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working on
this change?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

If yes, please specify:

- AI tool or model used (e.g. ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude, etc.)
- Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code
generation)
- Which parts of the change were influenced or generated
- Whether the result was manually reviewed and adapted

AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully
understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor.
Any AI-influenced changes must be verified against existing CORE and PB
logic. We expect contributors to be honest
about what they do and do not understand.

---

## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Anything that significantly improves realism at the cost of stability or
performance should be carefully discussed
before merging.

---------

Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: bash <hermensb@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Revision <tkn963@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: kadeshar <kadeshar@gmail.com>
2026-03-06 20:03:32 +01:00
Keleborn
439293e100
Warnings PR 2 clean unused variables (#2107)
# Pull Request

Removed unused variables and fixed styling issues. 


## How to Test the Changes

- Step-by-step instructions to test the change
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, bots, specific
configuration)
- Expected behavior and how to verify it

## Complexity & Impact

- Does this change add new decision branches?
    - [x] No
    - [] Yes (**explain below**)

- Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

- Could this logic scale poorly under load?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

---

## Defaults & Configuration

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:

- [ ] Lightweight mode remains the default
- [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable

---

## AI Assistance

- Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working
on this change?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)


---

## Final Checklist

- [x] Stability is not compromised
- [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- [x] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

This was filtered from the code provided by SmashingQuasar. Eliminated
variables were confirmed to be not used, but unclear at times if that is
due to mistakes in writing.

---------

Co-authored-by: bashermens <31279994+hermensbas@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-27 16:04:33 -08:00
Keleborn
441f9f7552
Warnings PR 1: Event warnings and headers (#2106)
# Pull Request

This is the first in a series of PRs intended to eliminate warnings in
the module. The design intent is to eliminate the calling event when not
needed in the body of the function. Based off of SmashingQuasars work.

---

## How to Test the Changes

- Step-by-step instructions to test the change
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, bots, specific
configuration)
- Expected behavior and how to verify it

## Complexity & Impact

- Does this change add new decision branches?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

- Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

- Could this logic scale poorly under load?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

---

## Defaults & Configuration

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:

- [ ] Lightweight mode remains the default
- [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable

---

## AI Assistance

- Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working
on this change?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

---

## Final Checklist

- [x] Stability is not compromised
- [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- [x] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Anything that significantly improves realism at the cost of stability or
performance should be carefully discussed
before merging.

---------

Co-authored-by: bashermens <31279994+hermensbas@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-14 20:55:10 +01:00
Alex Dcnh
17b8d7f68b
Stage1 refactor world position method names (#2126)
# Pull Request

This change replaces the non‑standard
WorldPosition::getX/getY/getZ/getO/getMapId wrappers with the core
getters (GetPositionX/Y/Z, GetOrientation, GetMapId) and removes the
redundant wrappers.
Goal: align the module with AzerothCore conventions, reduce local
adapters, and improve long‑term maintainability.

---

## Design Philosophy

This is a structural cleanup only (coordinate access) and does not alter
any AI behavior or decision logic.
It follows the stability/performance-first philosophy and does not add
branches or extra runtime work.

Before submitting: yes, this change aligns with the principles of
stability, performance, and predictability.

Principles:

- **Stability before intelligence**  
  A stable system is always preferred over a smarter one.

- **Performance is a shared resource**  
  Any increase in bot cost affects all players and all bots.

- **Simple logic scales better than smart logic**  
Predictable behavior under load is more valuable than perfect decisions.

- **Complexity must justify itself**  
  If a feature cannot clearly explain its cost, it should not exist.

- **Defaults must be cheap**  
  Expensive behavior must always be optional and clearly communicated.

- **Bots should look reasonable, not perfect**  
  The goal is believable behavior, not human simulation.

Before submitting, confirm that this change aligns with those
principles.

---

## Feature Evaluation

Please answer the following:

- Minimum logic required: use core getters (GetPositionX/Y/Z, GetMapId,
GetOrientation) wherever coordinates are needed.
- Cheapest implementation: direct call replacement and removal of
redundant wrappers.
- Runtime cost: negligible (same data access, no additional logic).

---

## How to Test the Changes

- No functional testing required (behavior‑neutral refactor).
- Recommended: compile the module and run a normal server startup as
validation.

## Complexity & Impact

Does this change add new decision branches?
- - [x] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)

Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

Could this logic scale poorly under load?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
---

## Defaults & Configuration

Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [x] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:
- - [x] Lightweight mode remains the default
- - [x] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable
---

## AI Assistance

Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working on
this change?
- - [ ] No
- - [x] Yes (**explain below**)

If yes, please specify:

- AI tool or model used: Copilot
- Purpose of usage: Translate this PR text from french to English

---

## Final Checklist

- - [x] Stability is not compromised
- - [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- - [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- - [x] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

This is a core-friendly cleanup only, with no behavioral change.
No additional logic or CPU cost is introduced.
2026-02-13 09:24:42 -08:00
Keleborn
80b3823f12
Warnings PR 3, remove std::move when not necessary. (#2108)
# Pull Request

std::move was being used in a few places to return a vector. Its not
necessary. A direct return allows for some optimizations that moving
wouldnt.

## How to Test the Changes

-Bots should initialize correctly 

## Complexity & Impact

- Does this change add new decision branches?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

- Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

- Could this logic scale poorly under load?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

---

## Defaults & Configuration

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:

- [x] Lightweight mode remains the default
- [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable

---

## AI Assistance

- Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working
on this change?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

---

## Final Checklist

- [ ] Stability is not compromised
- [ ] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- [ ] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- [ ] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Anything that significantly improves realism at the cost of stability or
performance should be carefully discussed
before merging.

---------

Co-authored-by: bashermens <31279994+hermensbas@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-13 09:22:27 -08:00
Keleborn
ee2a399ac8
Refactor newrpginfo data union to std::variant (#2079)
# Pull Request

As I began modifying the newrpginfo to change the types of data it
stored, or add new data I found myself with the issue of ending up
either with garbage memory if the information wasnt properly stored on
status change, or needing complicated destructor patterns for non
trivial data sets.

---

## Design Philosophy

Make rpginfo able to handle more complicated information in a strongly 

---

## Feature Evaluation

No Feature changes

---

## How to Test the Changes

-  Server should be stable for an extended period of time. 
- Bots should be able to complete quests, fly, etc as they did before.

## Complexity & Impact

- Does this change add new decision branches?
    - [X ] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

- Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
    - [ ] No
    - [ X] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)
Potentially as there can be more memory involved in the object.

- Could this logic scale poorly under load?
    - [X ] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

---

## Defaults & Configuration

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - [ X] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:

- [ ] Lightweight mode remains the default
- [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable

---

## AI Assistance

- Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working
on this change?
    - [ ] No
    - [ X] Yes (**explain below**)

If yes, please specify:

- Gemini suggested the use of std::variant as an alternative data
structure. I found additinal external references that correlated with
the same suggestion of moving away from a union.
- Implementation was performed manually with Co-pilot auto-complete

---

## Final Checklist 
In progress.
- [ ] Stability is not compromised
- [ ] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- [ ] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- [ ] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Im not 100% sure if this is a good design choice. There are some things
I didnt quite like by the end of this, specifically having to double
check whenever accessing data whether exists or not even though an
action has already been triggered. But I have a PR in the works where I
want to store a full flight path vector, and the union was giving me
issues. (It appears that state changes may be occuring in the same tick
between RPG status update and the stated action, leading to incorrect
data gathering.

I ended up solving it by first checking a pointer to the object, and
then getting the reference.
```c++
    auto* dataPtr = std::get_if<NewRpgInfo::DoQuest>(&info.data);
    if (!dataPtr)
        return false;
    auto& data = *dataPtr;
```

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Co-authored-by: bashermens <31279994+hermensbas@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-13 09:19:54 -08:00
kadeshar
bebac60c51
test-staging alignment (#2121)
# Pull Request

Describe what this change does and why it is needed...

---

## Design Philosophy

We prioritize **stability, performance, and predictability** over
behavioral realism.
Complex player-mimicking logic is intentionally limited due to its
negative impact on scalability, maintainability, and
long-term robustness.

Excessive processing overhead can lead to server hiccups, increased CPU
usage, and degraded performance for all
participants. Because every action and
decision tree is executed **per bot and per trigger**, even small
increases in logic complexity can scale poorly and
negatively affect both players and
world (random) bots. Bots are not expected to behave perfectly, and
perfect simulation of human decision-making is not a
project goal. Increased behavioral
realism often introduces disproportionate cost, reduced predictability,
and significantly higher maintenance overhead.

Every additional branch of logic increases long-term responsibility. All
decision paths must be tested, validated, and
maintained continuously as the system evolves.
If advanced or AI-intensive behavior is introduced, the **default
configuration must remain the lightweight decision
model**. More complex behavior should only be
available as an **explicit opt-in option**, clearly documented as having
a measurable performance cost.

Principles:

- **Stability before intelligence**  
  A stable system is always preferred over a smarter one.

- **Performance is a shared resource**  
  Any increase in bot cost affects all players and all bots.

- **Simple logic scales better than smart logic**  
Predictable behavior under load is more valuable than perfect decisions.

- **Complexity must justify itself**  
  If a feature cannot clearly explain its cost, it should not exist.

- **Defaults must be cheap**  
  Expensive behavior must always be optional and clearly communicated.

- **Bots should look reasonable, not perfect**  
  The goal is believable behavior, not human simulation.

Before submitting, confirm that this change aligns with those
principles.

---

## Feature Evaluation

Please answer the following:

- Describe the **minimum logic** required to achieve the intended
behavior?
- Describe the **cheapest implementation** that produces an acceptable
result?
- Describe the **runtime cost** when this logic executes across many
bots?

---

## How to Test the Changes

- Step-by-step instructions to test the change
- Any required setup (e.g. multiple players, bots, specific
configuration)
- Expected behavior and how to verify it

## Complexity & Impact

Does this change add new decision branches?
- - [ ] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
- - [ ] No
- - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

Could this logic scale poorly under load?
- - [ ] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)
---

## Defaults & Configuration

Does this change modify default bot behavior?
- - [ ] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

If this introduces more advanced or AI-heavy logic:
- - [ ] Lightweight mode remains the default
- - [ ] More complex behavior is optional and thereby configurable
---

## AI Assistance

Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working on
this change?
- - [ ] No
- - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

If yes, please specify:

- AI tool or model used (e.g. ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude, etc.)
- Purpose of usage (e.g. brainstorming, refactoring, documentation, code
generation)
- Which parts of the change were influenced or generated
- Whether the result was manually reviewed and adapted

AI assistance is allowed, but all submitted code must be fully
understood, reviewed, and owned by the contributor.
Any AI-influenced changes must be verified against existing CORE and PB
logic. We expect contributors to be honest
about what they do and do not understand.

---

## Final Checklist

- - [ ] Stability is not compromised
- - [ ] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- - [ ] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- - [ ] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Anything that significantly improves realism at the cost of stability or
performance should be carefully discussed
before merging.

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Co-authored-by: Crow <pengchengw@me.com>
2026-02-06 11:55:28 -08:00
bashermens
13fff46fa0
Improper singletons migration to clean Meyer's singletons (cherry-pick) (#2082)
# Pull Request

- Applies the clean and corrected singletons, Meyer pattern. (cherry
picked from @SmashingQuasar )

Testing by just playing the game in various ways. Been tested by myself
@Celandriel and @SmashingQuasar
---

## Complexity & Impact

- Does this change add new decision branches?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)

- Does this change increase per-bot or per-tick processing?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**describe and justify impact**)

- Could this logic scale poorly under load?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

---

## Defaults & Configuration

- Does this change modify default bot behavior?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain why**)

---

## AI Assistance

- Was AI assistance (e.g. ChatGPT or similar tools) used while working
on this change?
    - [x] No
    - [ ] Yes (**explain below**)
---

## Final Checklist

- [x] Stability is not compromised
- [x] Performance impact is understood, tested, and acceptable
- [x] Added logic complexity is justified and explained
- [x] Documentation updated if needed

---

## Notes for Reviewers

Anything that significantly improves realism at the cost of stability or
performance should be carefully discussed
before merging.

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Co-authored-by: Nicolas Lebacq <nicolas.cordier@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-01-30 21:49:37 +01:00
Keleborn
3e21563669
Create Flightmastercache to handle finding the nearest flight master. (#1979)
Refactor the flightmastercache the bots use for finding the nearest
available flight master.

I made a small change to how the original function worked by storing the
database position for the flightmaster in the cache itself. This allows
us to calculate the distance from bot before accessing the creature
object, should be faster overall.
2026-01-23 20:36:57 +01:00
bashermens
41c53365ae
[HOT FIX] MS build issues regarding folder / command lenght usage or rc.exe (#2038) 2026-01-19 22:45:28 +01:00